Wall bracket for maps



March 12 1929. J. G, MOCQNNELL 1,704,755

' WALL BRACKET FOR MAPS Filed Aug. *7, 1924 Zndenrf-ofl' 2701/18.?(277N672,

7 has the usual lower frame member 7 Patented Fi i ar.

"r 'rr JAMES Gr. MGCONNELL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,

WALL BRACKET Foe MAPS.

Application filed August 1924.' Serial No. 730,698.-

It is more or less customary to support the maps, charts and the likeused in schools are somewhat awkward to handle and are The presentinvention relates to means for supporting maps charts or the like; and

' more particularly to wall brackets which are adapted to hold the mapsor charts in a con venient manner. v

The objects of this invention are to provide an improved bracket forholding maps,

charts, sheets or the like; to provide a .bracket of this characterwhich may be attached to the lower frame member'of a blackboard andwhich will support the maps in an elevated position; to provide abracket which is adapted to be adjusted to hold the maps at differentelevations; to provide a bracket for supporting a plurality of maps sothat the maps may be folded over to display the succeeding maps; and, ingeneral to provide such an improved device as will be described morefully hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating this invention:

Figure 1 is a front view showing the de vice as mounted on a blackboard;

Figure 2 is a somewhat enlarged side view.

of the bracket; I

Figure 3 is adet-ail of the wall piece and joints;

Figure 4 is a front view of the detail shown in Figure 3; and

Figure 5 is a front view similar to F1gure l but showing a slightmodification.

As shown in Figure 1 the blackboard 6 to which my improved bracket isusually attached. This bracket comprises a plate or wall piece 8 whichis preferably formed of steel and which is secured to the frame memherby means of screws 9. The plate 8 has two oppositely disposedprojections 10 adjacent to the lower end'thereof for supporting thelower bracket arm 11. A pmtle 12 passes through the projections 10 andthe inner end of the arm 11 to form a hinge or joint. The inner ends ofthe projections titans H 10 are bent inwardly or toward each other sothat the space between them is slightly 1 less than the diameter of thearm 11 so that when this arm is swung at right angles to the plate 8 itwill be pinched between the ends 13 of said projections and when the armis swung around against the wall or parallel to the plate 8 it Will beheld in such position by the ends '13.

The arm 11 is preferably made of pipe, or

.tubing'and is bent upwardly at its outer end where it is threaded toreceive an extension tube 14:. This extension has a clamp 15 at the topwhich is provided with aset screw 16 for engagement with a telescopingrod 17 for holding such rod in adjusted position. A rod 18 is hookedinto or engages with the upwardly turned end of the arm 11' as. shown at19 and is provided with a hook 20 at the opposite end for engagementwith the lug or projection 21 on the plate 8; This rod extendsdownwardly-from its point of attachment to the plate, so that it notonly serves most effectively as a brace but the outer end thereof isalso suficiently, low so that it does not interfere with the maps whenthey are folded back toward the wall.

c The rod 17 engages with a socket 22 on themap head 23 which head isadapted to support one or more maps, charts or. the like 2 1 in theusual manner. The length of the arm 11 is preferably somewhat greaterthan one half the Width of the maps so that the maps may be readilyrotated on the rod 17 and Will clear the wall or blackboard when thebracket is adjusted at right angles thereto. f course this is notabsolutely necessary. When the maps or charts are not being displayedthe bracket may be swung back against the wall and the maps will then beheld securely in an out of the way position. Nhen the maps are'to bedisplayed, the arm or bracket 11 may be swung out at right angles to thewall where it will be held by the binding action of the projections 10which will hold it securely in adjusted position. The maps may then befolded over the head backwards toward In the modified form of wallsupport shown in Figure 5 the projections 10 are shown as having slightgrooves or "recesses 25 at their outer ends for engagement with thetubular arm or bracket 11 which may in some instances serve to hold thearm more securely than if the frictional engagementalone were dependedupon.

\Vhile I have shown my improved Wall bracket as being especially adaptedfor use in connection with blackboards it may of course be modified fordifferent uses and therefore I do not Wish to limit myself to the exactconstruction herein shown and described, except as specified in thefollowing claims in which I claim;

1. In a device of the character set forth, the combination of ,a wallplate, an arm hinged to thc lower portion of the palate, means forholding the arm in adjusted vposition, a brace from the plate tothe-arm, an upwardly extending pipe at the outer end of the arm and atelescoping rod adjustably secured in said pipe.

. 2. In a device of the'character set forth, the combination of aswallplate fiormed of sheet steel or the like and having two integrallyformed projections, the outer portions of said projections being benttoward ,eachother', an arm adapted to engage with adjusted position bythe resilient pr'ojcm tions from the plate.

3. A wall bracket for maps, comprising a plate having outwardlyextending projections with grooves therein atubular arm Ihinged betweensaid projections and adapted toqengage with said grooves when adjustedat'right angles'to the plate, said plate also haviny an upper:projection, a brace from the upper proj'ectoin to the outer portion ofthe arm and upwardly extending lmap supporting means "at theouter end ofthe arm, substantially as described.

JAMES M0001? NELL.

